Small Business Marketing Capability in the Food Sector: The Cases of Belgium, Hungary and Italy

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-102

  Banterle, Alessandro ^a   Carraresi, Laura ^a   Stranieri, Stefanella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; marketing capabilities; SMEs; traditional food

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054719983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v1i2.121     Document Type: Article

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